New COVID-19 cases trending downward in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The number of new COVID-19 continues to trend lower in Oklahoma.

Data from Johns Hopkins University show the rolling average number of new daily COVID-19 cases Saturday in Oklahoma had fallen by 31%.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported no new cases on Saturday, leaving the state’s pandemic total holding steady at 434,491.

Johns Hopkins data show 29 new COVID-19 deaths drove the state’s pandemic death toll to 4,788, though.

More than 1 million people in Oklahoma have received at least one vaccine dose, almost 27% of the population, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention